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Bevo calls on AFL to reinstate runners before round one

More Bullshit from the AFL - what the hell is wrong with the way it was. How did restricting the runner enhance the game?

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WESTERN Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge has thrown down the gauntlet to the AFL to listen to the players and reinstate the access to runners in 2019.

The AFL this year changed the rules around runners to ensure they could only enter the field of play after a goal had been scored.
Following the AFL reiterated its stance that there was no intention of changing rules before the season starts.

"We do, as coaches, get the opportunity to voice our opinion in the right forum with the AFL, (Steve) Hocking and those guys. I just don't get it. I reckon that'd be a good thing (to bring them back).

"We used signs late in the game, so we've got the signs all ready to go in terms of what we want to do strategically.
"That takes a long time for the players to get used to that, to look over at the bench."

Re: Bevo calls on AFL to reinstate runners before round one

Originally Posted by bornadog

why is it a blight? Runners have been part of the game for as long as i can remember and I can’t understand why it is an issue and we have to change things.

I went to some Footscray games last season and there were runner on the field for 3 and 4 minutes stretches and I think it's gone beyond getting a water bottle or an instruction to a player or two. There is a chance it's become more than that and while it might be something we have done for a long time before I think the coaches are using it for vastly more than what it was designed for.
If it needs to be managed better then why not clear the field more?

Re: Bevo calls on AFL to reinstate runners before round one

Originally Posted by GVGjr

I went to some Footscray games last season and there were runner on the field for 3 and 4 minutes stretches and I think it's gone beyond getting a water bottle or an instruction to a player or two. There is a chance it's become more than that and while it might be something we have done for a long time before I think the coaches are using it for vastly more than what it was designed for.
If it needs to be managed better then why not clear the field more?

There are rules in place now and they should be enforced. Why change it drastically?

Re: Bevo calls on AFL to reinstate runners before round one

Originally Posted by bornadog

There are rules in place now and they should be enforced. Why change it drastically?

Because there is no one to enforce them.

You could argue (and some did) that games were influenced last year by the continuous on-ground presence of one runner in particular. What can anyone actually DO about it? Tell the umpires to...well, do WHAT exactly? Tell them to leave the field of play? Well, that's what happens...then they come straight back on and do it again.

Players are not idiots...TEACH them...or get them off and COACH them.

In the talent pathway, we have 2x runners on the field at a time (which of course = FOUR) and I am really (really, really) unsure how all this extra instruction helps the game.

The game should be about PLAYERS doing what players do...not coaches turning everything into some kind of stoppages chess game.

Re: Bevo calls on AFL to reinstate runners before round one

The LED board is indicative of AFL silliness. Knowing the cost, and health and safety issues, wouldn't you do a proper analysis?
I actually enjoy trying to figure out which former player the runner is...

"We've got to be good in the phone box, and good in the tardis" - Pearls of wisdom from Luke Beveridge.

Re: Bevo calls on AFL to reinstate runners before round one

Originally Posted by Ghost Dog

The LED board is indicative of AFL silliness. Knowing the cost, and health and safety issues, wouldn't you do a proper analysis?
I actually enjoy trying to figure out which former player the runner is...

Re: Bevo calls on AFL to reinstate runners before round one

Originally Posted by mjp

Because there is no one to enforce them.

You could argue (and some did) that games were influenced last year by the continuous on-ground presence of one runner in particular. What can anyone actually DO about it? Tell the umpires to...well, do WHAT exactly? Tell them to leave the field of play? Well, that's what happens...then they come straight back on and do it again.

Players are not idiots...TEACH them...or get them off and COACH them.

In the talent pathway, we have 2x runners on the field at a time (which of course = FOUR) and I am really (really, really) unsure how all this extra instruction helps the game.

The game should be about PLAYERS doing what players do...not coaches turning everything into some kind of stoppages chess game.

You Make some good points, but I don’t see what was wrong with the current system